Sigma opens today — and with it, the debut of Jason Sanjay, son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, arrives not with a whisper but with a thud. The film, a Tamil heist drama starring Sundeep Kishan, hits screens under the weight of expectation: not just for a director’s first outing, but for one whose name carries political resonance. Sundeep Kishan plays Guru, a Vizag-based librarian who inherits his mother’s beloved home library, only to be crushed by his father’s one crore debt. Desperate to clear the burden, he stumbles into a dangerous game involving a drug called Ceaser and its handler, Vincent. What follows is a chain of events that quickly unravels, not because of plot twists, but because the film never establishes any emotional stakes to begin with. By the interval point, common sense has been abandoned. Guru loses something irreplaceable, yet his face remains blank. No grief. No tension. Just a scene that demands feeling but delivers none. The second half drags on, circling endlessly. A high-stakes international heist unfolds with zero friction. No resistance, no consequences, no real danger. The film offers no explanation for how the crew flies abroad or executes the plan without a single hiccup. Audiences are left wondering why simple scenes are made so confusing, and why moments keep repeating like broken loops. Forced comedy interrupts serious sequences, killing any momentum. The climax? A mess. Unnecessary scenes appear out of nowhere, dragging the runtime and leaving viewers yawning. Even Sampath Raj, as the shadowy Kotlapadi Venkata Reddy, can’t salvage the film. His performance is solid, as always. But the script gives him little to work with. Faria Abdullah appears in brief, underused scenes, doing an okay job but barely registering. Sundeep Kishan puts in sincere effort throughout, trusting the vision, but sincerity isn’t enough when the foundation is flawed. The cinematography is strictly average. The editing feels outdated, with flickers and jarring color choices. S. Thaman’s music is described as being on sleep mode, not helping, not distracting, just there. Production values are about okay, but the green screen backdrops look cheap, especially in the dubbing-heavy Telugu version. 123telugu.com rates the film 2.25/5, calling it a below-par heist drama that fails to make an impact. It’s not just bad. It’s a textbook example of ambition without craft. And now, the real question: will audiences walk away from Sigma, or will they stay, wondering if they’ve been tricked into watching a film that never meant to be seen?